European elections in Portugal 2014
The 2014 European elections in Portugal took place on May 25, 2014. It was carried out as part of the EU- wide European elections in 2014 , with 21 of the 751 seats in the European Parliament in Portugal . Compared to the previous legislature, Portugal lost one seat due to the Lisbon Treaty .
Suffrage
The election was based on proportional representation , with the whole of Portugal being a single constituency . The distribution takes place according to the D'Hondt method . There is no explicit threshold clause . However, the seat allocation procedure results in an implicit hurdle of a good 4.5% of the votes that a party has to achieve in order to be allocated a seat.
All citizens with Portuguese citizenship over 18 years of age who had registered in the electoral register of their local authority were entitled to vote. Furthermore, the Portuguese living abroad were also eligible to vote, they could cast their vote in one of the 71 consulates. All citizens of the European Union who live in Portugal and have also registered in the electoral register were also entitled to vote.
Starting position
Parties
The Tribunal Constitucional (Constitutional Court), which is responsible for admission to the polls in Portugal, has approved a total of 14 parties and two lists for the European elections. Movimento 51 - Associação M51 was not admitted because the association did not provide any evidence of the party structure.
Survey
| date | Institute | Aliança | SP | BE | CDU | Other / tie |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 29 | Pitagórica | 33.4 | 37.3 | 6.4 | 9.8 | 13.1 |
| 19th March | Eurosondagem | 32.1 | 36.9 | 6.6 | 11.9 | 12.5 |
| March 13th | Aximage | 37.4 | 39.9 | 6.6 | 8.2 | 7.9 |
| 1st March | Pitagórica | 35.4 | 32.2 | 7.3 | 11.5 | 13.6 |
| January 24th | Pitagórica | 34.2 | 30.4 | 9.0 | 10.8 | 15.6 |
| 10. January | Aximage | 37.1 | 35.5 | 6.9 | 9.2 | 11.3 |
| Election 2009 | 40.1 1 | 26.5 | 10.7 | 10.6 | 12.1 |
1 Total of PSD and CDS-PP.
Election results
The results are based on the information provided by the electoral commission consisting of CNE , DGAI and DGIE with a count of 100 percent (final result).
| 2014 | 2009 | Difference 2014-2009 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | % | number | % | number | % | |
| Eligible voters | 9,702,657 | 100.0 | 9,704,559 | 100.0 | −1.902 | |
| voter turnout | 3,283,610 | 33.89 | 3,568,943 | 36.8 | −285.333 | |
| Empty voices | 144,951 | 4.41 | 165.830 | 4.6 | −20.879 | |
| Invalid votes | 100.506 | 3.06 | 69,918 | 2.0 | +30,588 | |
| Valid votes | 3,038,153 | 92.53 | 3,333,195 | 93.4 | −295.042 | |
| list | EP Group | Voices 2014 | Seats 2014 |
Voices 2009 | Seats 2009 |
Difference 2014-2009 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | % | number | % | be right | % | Seats | ||||
| PS | S&D | 1,034,249 | 31.49 | 8th | 946.818 | 26.5 | 7th | +87.431 | +4.99 | +1 |
| Aliança Portugal 1 | EPP | 910,647 | 27.73 | 7th | (1,430,167) | (40.1) | (10) | -519,520 | -12.37 | -3 |
| 2009: PSD | EPP | - | - | - | 1,131,744 | 31.7 | 8th | - | - | - |
| 2009: CDS-PP | EPP | - | - | - | 298,423 | 8.4 | 2 | - | - | - |
| CDU | GUE-NGL | 416.925 | 12.69 | 3 | 379.787 | 10.6 | 2 | +37,138 | +2.09 | +1 |
| MPT | ALDE | 234,788 | 7.15 | 2 | 24,062 | 0.7 | 0 | +210,726 | +6.45 | +2 |
| BE | GUE-NGL | 149.764 | 4.56 | 1 | 382,667 | 10.7 | 3 | -232.903 | -6.14 | -2 |
| L. | Greens / EFA | 71,495 | 2.18 | - | -. | - | 1 2 | - | - | -1 2 |
| PAN | 56,431 | 1.72 | - | -. | - | - | - | - | - | |
| PCTP / MRPP | 54,708 | 1.67 | - | 42,940 | 1.2 | - | +11,768 | +0.47 | - | |
| PND | 23,082 | 0.70 | - | -. | - | - | - | - | - | |
| PTP | 22,542 | 0.69 | - | -. | - | - | - | - | - | |
| PPM | 17,785 | 0.54 | - | 14,414 | 0.4 | - | +3,371 | +0.14 | - | |
| PNR | 14,487 | 0.45 | - | 13,214 | 0.4 | - | +1,273 | +0.05 | - | |
| MAS | 12,497 | 0.38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| PPV | 12.008 | 0.37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| PDA | 5,928 | 0.16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| POUS | 3,666 | 0.11 | - | 5,177 | 0.2 | - | -1,511 | -0.09 | - | |
1 In 2009 the PSD and CDS-PP competed individually
2 With the transfer of Rui Tavares , the Livre party received a seat. In 2009 the party did not exist.
Elected MPs
PS
- Francisco José Pereira de Assis Miranda
- Maria João Fernandes Rodrigues
- José Carlos das Dores Zorrinho
- Elisa Maria da Costa Guimarães Ferreira
- Ricardo da Piedade Abreu Serrão Santos
- Ana Maria Rosa Martins Gomes
- Manuel Pedro Cunha da Silva Pereira
- Liliana Maria Gonçalves Rodrigues de Góis
Aliança Portugal
Six MPs for the PSD and one for the CDS-PP have been elected by the Aliança Portugal alliance .
- Paulo Artur dos Santos Castro de Campos Rangel
- Fernando de Carvalho Ruas
- Sofia Heleno Santos Roque Ribeiro
- João Nuno Lacerda Teixeira de Melo (for the CDS-PP)
- Carlos Miguel Maximiano de Almeida Coelho
- Cláudia Sofia Gomes Monteiro de Aguiar
- José Manuel Ferreira Fernandes
CDU
All elected members of the CDU electoral alliance are members of the PCP.
MPT
- António de Sousa Marinho e Pinto (now resigned from MPT)
- José Inácio da Silva Ramos Antunes de Faria
BE
Web links
- National Electoral Commission (CNE) website (Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Eleições Europeais - Resultados Globais. (No longer available online.) CNE / DGAI / DGIE, May 28, 2014, formerly in the original ; Retrieved June 9, 2014 (Portuguese, final result; count 100 percent; 3,092 of 3,092 freguesias and 71 of 71 consulates counted). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Maria Lopes: Tribunal Constitucional aceitou em definitivo 16 listas às europeias. Público, May 5, 2014, accessed May 5, 2014 (Portuguese).
- ↑ Victor Ferreira: Coligação PSD / CDS para as europeias chama-se Aliança Portugal. Público, March 1, 2014, accessed April 22, 2014 (Portuguese).
- ↑ Pedro Rainho: Marinho Pinto ao i. “Vou apresentar um novo partido nas próximas semanas”. In: Jornal i. September 11, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2014 (Portuguese).
